29BATTLE OF GRAVELINESTHE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY VERSUS THESPANISH ARMADA (1588)
ON BALANCING EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.—PETER DRUCKER
The small village of Gravelines, near Calais, France, saw the decisive battle of the Spanish Armada against the British Navy. The British ships were better armed and more maneuverable, so the British commanders decided to change the rules of naval warfare. Prior to that time, guns were used to support ramming and grappling. The British decided to use them to destroy Spanish gun crews and sink Spanish ships by keeping up an unrelenting ...
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